Cinema review: Rampage
Films Reviews Thu, Apr 19, 2018
RAMPAGE OPENS in space. An off-planet research ship is breaking apart and three vials of genetic altering substance falls to earth. One of them lands in a San Diego wild life reserve run by Davis Okoye, played by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
Read more ...Guitar great Albert Lee to play Town Hall
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
ALBERT LEE boasts a career that is the envy of many musicians, having worked with numerous legends in rock and country, and becoming something of a legend in his own right.
Read more ...Examining choices in The Streets Are Ours
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
"IN THE city you choose your friends, here you take the hand you're dealt." Four friends are trapped, all in different ways, and each finds that the freedom to choose is not always a welcome privilege, that it can be a burden in itself.
Read more ...Out of the Ordinary with Moya Roddy
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
AMONG THE feast of events at next week’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature is the launch of the debut book of poems by well-known Galway writer Moya Roddy - Out Of The Ordinary, published by Salmon Poetry.
Read more ...Enni Liessem exhibition
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
ENNI LIESSEM, the German artist now based in Dunmore, north Galway, is currently displaying her latest works in an exhibition at the Renzó Gallery Café, Eyre Street.
Read more ...Arrival on Irish poetry scene of true original
Literature Reviews Thu, Apr 19, 2018
RACHEL COVENTRY was born in Scotland to an Irish mother, spent her teenage years in Galway attending the Mercy secondary school, and lived for most of the 1990s in north London.
Read more ...Galway Loves Music #1
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
GALWAY LOVES Music is a new evening of discussion and performances in the Róisín Dubh, and a chance for musicians in Galway to meet local and national voices who will share their knowledge of how music works.
Read more ...A night of dance with Youth Ballet West
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
YOUTH BALLET West will present what promises to be a spectacular evening of classical and contemporary dance, when its dancers take to the stage of the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.
Read more ...Olivia to spin the decks @ Electric
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
DJ OLIVIA, a key player in the Polish electronic music scene for more than a decade, returns to Galway to play the next Factory night at the Electric Garden and Theatre.
Read more ...The Hot Sprockets @ Monroe’s
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
TAKE SOME good-time revolutionary spirit, add a pinch of psychedelic flavour, simmer with some indie-soul and seventies style rock, and you have the cosmic vibe of The Hot Sprockets.
Read more ...State Lights set for Monroe's
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
"STYLISTICALLY PERCHED between classic U2 and The Killers, State Lights songs are made for radio." So said Golden Plec about the rising Irish band who are playing Monroe's Live.
Read more ...Cúirt/Over The Edge New Writing Showcase
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
DARA Ó Foghlu, Paul Denby, and Vinny Steed will read from their work at the 13th annual Over The Edge/Cúirt Festival of International Literature New Writing Showcase.
Read more ...Is that a Galway accent?
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
IS THAT A Galway Accent?, the debut album collecting both published and broadcast work, by the award winning Galway writer Anne Marie Kennedy, is to be launched in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop.
Read more ...NC Grey - a jazz show for Galway
Thu, Apr 19, 2018
NC GREY, the British-Nigerian jazz singer begins her British and Irish tour with a show in The Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street, this weekend.
Read more ...Jenny Greene and RTÉ Concert Orchestra return to festival Big Top
Wed, Apr 18, 2018
JENNY GREENE and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, which was the fastest selling music gig in Galway International Arts Festival’s 40-year history, have announced they will return to the 2018 festival.
Read more ...Tin Lies to spread its hilarity this May in Tuam
Wed, Apr 18, 2018
After last year's success in The Mall Theatre, Tuam, and An Taibhdhearc, Galway, the two act play The Crossing written by Patricia King-Callaghan from Tuam explored traditional themes which had their roots in the troubled history of the Irish peasantry.
Read more ...Ireland's Public Sector Showcased at Public Sector Digital Marketing Summit!
Wed, Apr 18, 2018
Ireland's Public Sector Showcased at Public Sector Digital Marketing Summit - In-house staff innovating in the Digital Age to benefit the public and other stakeholders - Thursday, June 14th, The Round Room at the Mansion House.
Read more ...The 'utterly original' Paul Currie comes to the Róisín Dubh
Tue, Apr 17, 2018
HE HAS performed with a monkey he keeps in a suitcase, he is known to have a rubber duck about his person, his comedy rarely involves him uttering a word. Perhaps because he has Cats In My Mouth.
Read more ...Galway Film Society - new season, new location
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
THE GALWAY Film Society has moved to a new location to screen its new season of films. The Pálás Cinema will now host screenings of the society and Galway can look forward to a diverse range of films from Japan, Switzerland, Russia, France, Germany, and Australia.
Read more ...Allman Brown to play Róísín Dubh
Thu, Apr 12, 2018
HE WAS BORN and brought up in Hong Kong; has lived in England since he was 11; and was inspired to write songs by Bon Iver's 'Flume'. Since then, Allman Brown has won notice for the single 'Sons and Daughters', and acclaim for his album 1000 Years.
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